Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry, Edited and Selected

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Editor

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939

Title

Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry

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Produced by Larry B. Harrison, Brian Foley and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore

Subject

Tales -- Ireland

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Text

eBook-No.

33887

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33887

Release Date

October 28, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.FAIRY AND FOLK TALES OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY. EDITED AND SELECTED BY W. B. YEATS.
2. 2.THE WALTER SCOTT PUBLISHING CO., LTD. — LONDON AND FELLING-ON-TYNE. — NEW YORK: 3 EAST 14 th STREET.
3. 3.G. R.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.INTRODUCTION. — Footnotes
6. 6.FAIRY AND FOLK TALES.
7. 7.THE TROOPING FAIRIES.
8. 8.THE FAIRIES. — WILLIAM ALLINGHAM.
9. 9.FRANK MARTIN AND THE FAIRIES. — WILLIAM CARLETON. — Footnote
10. 10.THE PRIEST'S SUPPER. — T. CROFTON CROKER.
11. 11.THE FAIRY WELL OF LAGNANAY. — BY SAMUEL FERGUSON.
12. 12.TEIG O'KANE (TADHG O CÁTHÁN) AND THE CORPSE. [4] — LITERALLY TRANSLATED FROM THE IRISH BY DOUGLAS HYDE. — Footnote
13. 13.PADDY CORCORAN'S WIFE. — William Carleton.
14. 14.CUSHEEN LOO. — TRANSLATED FROM THE IRISH BY J. J. CALLANAN.
15. 15.THE WHITE TROUT; A LEGEND OF CONG. — BY S. LOVER. — Footnotes
16. 16.THE FAIRY THORN. — An Ulster Ballad. — SIR SAMUEL FERGUSON.
17. 17.THE LEGEND OF KNOCKGRAFTON. — T. CROFTON CROCKER.
18. 18.A DONEGAL FAIRY. — LETITIA MACLINTOCK.
19. 19.CHANGELINGS.
20. 20.THE BREWERY OF EGG-SHELLS. — T. CROFTON CROKER.
21. 21.THE FAIRY NURSE. — BY EDWARD WALSH. — Footnote
22. 22.JAMIE FREEL AND THE YOUNG LADY. — A Donegal Tale. — MISS LETITIA MACLINTOCK.
23. 23.THE STOLEN CHILD. — W. B. YEATS.
24. 24.THE MERROW.
25. 25.THE SOUL CAGES. — T. CROFTON CROKER. — Footnotes
26. 26.FLORY CANTILLON'S FUNERAL. — T. CROFTON CROKER.
27. 27.THE SOLITARY FAIRIES. — Lepracaun. Cluricaun. Far Darrig.
28. 28.THE LEPRACAUN; OR, FAIRY SHOEMAKER. — WILLIAM ALLINGHAM. — I. — II. — III. — Footnote
29. 29.MASTER AND MAN. — T. CROFTON CROKER. — Footnote
30. 30.FAR DARRIG IN DONEGAL. — MISS LETITIA MACLINTOCK.
31. 31.THE POOKA.
32. 32.THE PIPER AND THE PUCA. — DOUGLAS HYDE.
33. 33.DANIEL O'ROURKE. — T. CROFTON CROKER.
34. 34.THE KILDARE POOKA. [13] — PATRICK KENNEDY. — Footnotes
35. 35.THE SOLITARY FAIRIES. — THE BANSHEE.
36. 36.HOW THOMAS CONNOLLY MET THE BANSHEE. — J. TODHUNTER. — Footnote
37. 37.A LAMENTATION — For the Death of Sir Maurice Fitzgerald, Knight, of Kerry, who was killed in Flanders, 1642. — FROM THE IRISH, BY CLARENCE MANGAN.
38. 38.THE BANSHEE OF THE MAC CARTHYS. — T. CROFTON CROKER.
39. 39.GHOSTS.
40. 40.A DREAM. — WILLIAM ALLINGHAM.
41. 41.GRACE CONNOR. — MISS LETITIA MACLINTOCK. — Footnote
42. 42.A LEGEND OF TYRONE. — ELLEN O'LEARY. — Footnote
43. 43.THE BLACK LAMB. [18] — LADY WILDE. — Footnote
44. 44.SONG OF THE GHOST. — ALFRED PERCIVAL GRAVES.
45. 45.THE RADIANT BOY. — MRS. CROW.
46. 46.THE FATE OF FRANK M'KENNA. — WILLIAM CARLETON.
47. 47.WITCHES, FAIRY DOCTORS.
48. 48.BEWITCHED BUTTER (DONEGAL). — MISS LETITIA MACLINTOCK. — Footnote
49. 49.A QUEEN'S COUNTY WITCH [20] — Footnote
50. 50.THE WITCH HARE. — MR. AND MRS. S. C. HALL.
51. 51.BEWITCHED BUTTER (QUEEN'S COUNTY). [21] — Footnotes
52. 52.THE HORNED WOMEN. [25] — LADY WILDE. — Footnotes
53. 53.THE WITCHES' EXCURSION. [27] — PATRICK KENNEDY. — Footnotes
54. 54.THE CONFESSIONS OF TOM BOURKE. — T. CROFTON CROKER. — Footnotes
55. 55.THE PUDDING BEWITCHED. — WILLIAM CARLETON. — Footnotes
56. 56.T'YEER-NA-N-OGE.
57. 57.THE LEGEND OF O'DONOGHUE. [42] — T. CROFTON CROKER. — Footnote
58. 58.RENT-DAY. — Footnote
59. 59.LOUGHLEAGH (LAKE OF HEALING). [44] — Footnotes
60. 60.HY-BRASAIL—THE ISLE OF THE BLEST. — BY GERALD GRIFFIN.
61. 61.THE PHANTOM ISLE. — GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS. [51] — Footnote
62. 62.SAINTS, PRIESTS.
63. 63.THE PRIEST'S SOUL. [52] — LADY WILDE. — Footnote
64. 64.THE PRIEST OF COLOONY. — W. B. YEATS. — Footnotes
65. 65.THE STORY OF THE LITTLE BIRD. [55] — T. CROFTON CROKER. — Footnote
66. 66.CONVERSION OF KING LAOGHAIRE'S DAUGHTERS.
67. 67.KING O'TOOLE AND HIS GOOSE. — S. LOVER.
68. 68.THE DEMON CAT. [56] — LADY WILDE. — Footnote
69. 69.THE LONG SPOON. [57] — PATRICK KENNEDY. — Footnotes
70. 70.THE COUNTESS KATHLEEN O'SHEA. [61] — Footnote
71. 71.THE THREE WISHES. — W. CARLETON.
72. 72.GIANTS.
73. 73.THE GIANT'S STAIRS. [62] — T. CROFTON CROKER. — Footnote
74. 74.A LEGEND OF KNOCKMANY. — WILLIAM CARLETON. — Footnotes
75. 75.THE TWELVE WILD GEESE. [65] — PATRICK KENNEDY. — Footnote
76. 76.THE LAZY BEAUTY AND HER AUNTS. — PATRICK KENNEDY'S "FIRESIDE STORIES OF IRELAND."
77. 77.THE HAUGHTY PRINCESS. [66] — BY PATRICK KENNEDY. — Footnote
78. 78.THE ENCHANTMENT OF GEAROIDH IARLA. — BY PATRICK KENNEDY. [67] — Footnotes
79. 79.MUNACHAR AND MANACHAR. — TRANSLATED LITERALLY FROM THE IRISH BY DOUGLAS HYDE.
80. 80.DONALD AND HIS NEIGHBOURS. — From Hibernian Tales. [69] — Footnote
81. 81.THE JACKDAW.
82. 82.Translated from the original Irish of the Story-teller , Abraham McCoy , by Nicholas O'Kearney . — Footnotes
83. 83.NOTES. — Gods of the Earth. —Par. 2, Page 2 . — Sir Samuel Ferguson. —Pages 13 and 38 . — Cusheen Loo. —Page 33 . — Legend of Knockgrafton. —Page 40 . — Stolen Child. —Page 59 . — Solitary Fairies. —Page 80 . — Banshee's Cry. —Page 108 . — Omens. —Page 108 . — A Witch Trial. —Page 146 . — T'yeer-na-n-Oge. —Page 200 . — The Gonconer or Gancanagh [Gean-canach]. —Page 207 . — Father John O'Hart. —Page 220 . — Shoneen and Sleiveen. —Page 220 . — Demon Cat. —Page 229 . — A Legend of Knockmany. —Page 266 . — Some Authorities on Irish Folk-Lore. — Transcriber's Note

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